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Original Article

Neonatal morbidity and mortality of late-preterm babies

Özlem KalyoncuFaculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
,
Canan AygünFaculty of Medicine, Division of Neonatology, Department of PediatricsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Erhan ÇetİnoğluFaculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey
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Sükrü KüçüködükFaculty of Medicine, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics
Pages 607-612 | Received 21 Jun 2009, Accepted 03 Aug 2009, Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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